Europe’s highest court dealt a blow to mom-and-pop organic food shops Thursday, finding they must have permits to sell their merchandise on the internet – or anywhere other than directly to customers in face-to-face transactions.
Read moreFour asylum-seekers have gone on trial in Germany accused of executing 36 members of the Syrian security forces while they were members of the Nusra Front extremist group.
Read moreGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel was embarking Monday on a complicated quest to form a new government for Europe’s biggest economy and find answers to the rise of a nationalist, anti-migrant party.
Read moreA German court has fined three bank customers for failing to help an elderly man who collapsed in a bank branch and later died.
Read moreGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel is offering support for the French government’s agenda of economic reforms. She’s acknowledging that reforms aren’t always easy to conduct and can take time to show results.
Read moreAn adviser to the EU’s highest court issued a recommendation Thursday about Germany’s recognition of a divorce granted by a religious court in Syria.
Read moreCarmakers at the Frankfurt auto show are unveiling the low-emissions vehicles and technology strategies they hope will let them profit from the sweeping changes expected to hit the auto industry in the next few years.
Read moreGerman authorities are seeking to end the prosecution of a former SS medic who served at the Auschwitz death camp, saying lengthy delays mean that the nearly 97-year-old suspect is now no longer fit for trial.
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German prosecutors say they expect to bring new charges against a male nurse already serving a life sentence for two murders after determining that he might have killed another 84 patients, if not more.
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The managers of a Liberian-flagged cargo vessel face U.S. charges accusing them of doctoring paperwork on its discharge of oily waste water.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she understands the support in the United States for the “America first” attitude that got President Donald Trump elected, but that in the end it will only hurt the country.
Read moreGerman police say they have seized thousands of tablets of the party drug ecstasy in the shape of Donald Trump’s head, a haul with an estimated street value of 39,000 euros ($45,900.)
Read moreOn a warm, humid June day outside the Dachau concentration camp in 2015, I felt certain what happened during the Holocaust could never happen again. Humanity has progressed, we’re becoming better. The 2015 me did not envision the United States of America, circa 2017.
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Germany rejected a claim Wednesday by budget airline Ryanair that a government loan for rival Air Berlin as part of its bankruptcy proceedings amounted to a “conspiracy” to keep the airline afloat until a new owner is found.
Read moreGerman customs officers say they have found and destroyed 20 rotten snake heads found in a package that had arrived from Nigeria.
Read moreGermany’s second largest airline, Air Berlin, is filing for bankruptcy protection after its main shareholder, Abu Dhabi-based Etihad, said it would make no more financing available following years of unsuccessful turnaround attempts.
Read moreGermany’s president has signed legislation legalizing gay marriage, his office said Friday, paving the way for the bill to take effect this fall.
Read moreGerman officials say a yacht exploded in a port in the western town of Minden, injuring 15 firefighters and one police officer.
Read moreThe German government is urging China to allow imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo to leave the country for medical treatment.
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Some 300 German special police raided several buildings in Berlin early Wednesday in connection with the brazen heist of a 100-kilogram (221-pound) Canadian gold coin stolen from one of the city’s most famous museums earlier this year.
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